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William T. Ham, Jr., PhD; Walter J. Geeraets, MD; Harold A. Mueller; Ray C. Williams; Alexander M. Clarke, PhD; Stephen F. Cleary, PhD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1970;84(6):797-809.

Abstract
Threshold retinal burns are produced in the rhesus monkey by a helium-neon (He-Ne) continuous wave (CW) laser. The lowest power to produce a minimal thermal lesion was 7 milliwatts for an unfocussed raw beam.

Author Affiliations
Richmond, Va

From the departments of biophysics and ophthalmology, Health Sciences Division, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 28, 1970.

Reprint requests to Box 877, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va 23219 (Dr. Ham).

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